Satyen Nabar's Sun Spl analysed

Thursday, 31 August 2017

ACROSS
1 Live with man without love and complain (6) BEMOAN {BE}{M{O}AN}
4 Family in panic, could it be cosmetic? (8) SKINCARE {S{KIN}CARE}
10 Knowing how to work out tan and cosign (9) COGNISANT {TAN+COSIGN}*
11 Right in step with judge (5) TRIER {T{R}IER}
12 Dupe, escape and retreat (7) CONVENT {CON}{VENT}
13 Fish and wine bottles — put two and two together (7) HADDOCK{H{ADD}OCK}

21 Very small but a negative cryptic clue (9) MINUSCULE{MINUS}{CLUE*} Didn't know of this variant spelling See comments
25 Following on money, used regularly (7) RETINUE {RE}{TIN}{UsEd}
26 Endless choice, like so many of his paintings (7) PICASSO{PICk}{AS}{SO} Semi&lit

Monday, 28 August 2017

10 Ship's engine part (5) LINER [DD]
11 Resolve to become a President (9) ROOSEVELT*
12 Give it up, offer it in other words (7) FORFEIT*
13 Additional measure taken to reach the farthest points (7) EXTREMA {EXTR{EM}A}
14 Composed hymn about poise of a young woman (5) NYMPH {NYM{P}H*}
16 Born on the day one goes for full replacement necessarily (9) NEEDFULLY {NEE}{D(-a+full)FULLY}
19 Breaking a bond and drinking wine — it’s torture (9) BASTINADO{ASTI} in {A+BOND}*
20 Stick to the law always (5) LEVER {L}{EVER}
22 Players have one in and one out of the game (7) CANASTA{C{AN}AST}{A}
25 Criminal goes outside to bug secret police (7) GESTAPO {GOES}* over {TAP}
27 Cow's wet, one goes to rock bottom (9) LOWERMOST {LOWER}{MOiST}
28 Colour touch — horse has it regularly (5) OCHRE {tOuCh+hOrSe}
29 Spooner’s happy, looking at cheating at the polls (14) GERRYMANDERING{(-m+g)GERRY}{(-g+m)MANDERING}

DOWN
1 Head office has model posts established in zones of conflict (3,5) HOT SPOTS {HO}{T} {POSTS}*
2 Tripos team does have a quick answer (7) RIPOSTE [T]
3 Peasant farmercaught with mammal (6) COTTER{C}{OTTER}
4 Digression by father in France coming to grips (no afterthought) with country (13) PEREGRINATION{PERE}{GRIps}{NATION}
6 Vandal gets locks of Diana, for one (8) HUNTRESS {HUN}{TRESS}
7 Actually, old author's unfinished work locked inside (2,5) DE FACTO {DEFOe} over {ACT}
8 Moving part in a film? (4-2) WALK-ON [DD]
10 This won't do for a person's life to be considered great (4,9) MERE EXISTENCE [CD]
15 Drugstore organises a march in the limits of Pondy (8) PHARMACY {A+MARCH}* in {Po...rY}
16 Bird seen to be crooked (8) COCKEYED {COCK}{EYED}
18 One who makes a charge — a small measure by customer (7) ACCUSER {A}{CC}{USER}
20 Gridman and Cockney woman ramble (7) MEANDER {ME}{AND}{'ER}
21 Briefly raise problem of a marsupial (6) POSSUM {POSe}{SUM}

22 Time of day that had us kneeling in part (4) DUSK [T]
23 Provide a shade of elegance to joke (5) EQUIP {El...e}{QUIP}
25 A learner goes after American university that is regular (5) USUAL {US}{U}{A}{L}

Tuesday, 22 August 2017

5 Destroyer vehicle used by Indian party (6) VANDAL {VAN}{DAL}
9 You've to give it to prove who you are (8) IDENTITY [CD]
10 Delivery charges? (6) RANSOM [CD]
12 For one, that is Sri Lanka — in the middle (4) ISLE {I{SL}E} Semi&lit
13 Preliminary task has gone through the mill without extreme risk (10) GROUNDWORK {GROUND}{WO}{RisK}
15 At first, boys in school took rolls out of restaurant... (6) BISTRO Acrostic
17 ... and put in pouch the Spanish breakfast item (5) BAGEL{BAG}{EL}

20 Six brought under cover are angry (5) LIVID {LI{VI}D}
21 Change men at university gallery (6) MUTATE {M}{U}{TATE}
24 A rule that may not be known for civility (7,3) MARTIAL LAW [CD]
27 Just charge, we're told (4) FAIR (~fare)
29 Sweet emergence from IGNOU gathering (6) NOUGAT [T]
30 Desis' strange movement over said judge is aslant (8) SIDEWAYS {DESIS}* over {WAY}(~weigh)
31 Be curious about wife leaving for the unknown over there (6) YONDER (-w+y)YONDER
32 Rough, according to setter, with extremes of temerity (8) ASPERITY {AS PER}{I}{Te...tY}

DOWN
1 Female's stiff and cold (6) FRIGID {F}{RIGID}
2 Want the French stylus? (6) NEEDLE {NEED}{LE}
3 Being pretentious, do leave out pawn (4) ARTY pARTY
4 Reptile found by girl on a mountain (5) GATOR {G}{A}{TOR}
6 Honour a tie-up (5) AWARD {A}{DRAW<=}
7 Digger so worked up as to pour out (8) DISGORGE*
8 Mile travelled by relative to get large oven (4,4) LIME KILN {MILE}* {KI{L}N}
11 Leave home in a hurry, having no provisions whatever? (3,3) RUN OUT [DD]
14 Chance upon flipper on far end of mound (4) FIND {FIN}{m..nD}
16 Roll over — with son, it will be nearly a fall (6) TUMBLE sTUMBLE
17 Quick snack may be dentist's request (4) BITE [DD]
18 Readiness to forgive fellows involved in cycle collapse (8) CLEMENCY {MEN} in {CYCLE}*
19 Upset open vessel (8) OVERTURN {OVERT}{URN}
22 After Oriental greeting, one put away a sausage (6) SALAMI {SALAaM}{1}
23 Father, with old pen, is cold and unfriendly (6) FROSTY {FR}{O}{STY}
25 Buccaneer, on losing power, is angry (5) IRATE pIRATE
26 Pitiful expression about one's false identity (5) ALIAS {AL{1}AS}
28 Party by model-in-charge (4) FETE {FE{T}E}